Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-13

Veterinarians laboratory .............. 500
Total. ...................... s4. rs
Requiring, III addition to the amount needet
tor the ordinary current expenses, the sum o
$4,000
call your particular attention to these item
and hope that you may deem it wise and bes
to make appropriations to cover them.
SCHOOL OF MINES.
1 also visited this school and was very much
pleased with it throughout. The appropriation
made by the Thirty-third General Assembly
Tor Improvements has been wisely and eco
nomically expended. The management anC
Iaculty are doing a most excellent work anC
should be literally sustained.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
These schools are considered a very impor
tant feature of our free school system. and 81
far as have been able to learn are performing
the work contemplated in their organization il
detailed account of them in their several
reports and the report of the Superintendent
OF Public Schools.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE.
In 1870 an act was passed to establish a nor
mai department in Lincoln Institute and Il
appropriate for its support 5000 per annum
This appropriation made by every succeed
ing Legislature until 1879, when an additiona
appropriation of 5000 was made for the pur
pose of liquidating the debt of the institute
The then Governor of the State, the late John
S. Phelps, seeing that this extra appropriation
was unconstitutional. held the bill and suggest
ed to the Board of Trustees that the institute
together with all its property, be transferred tc
the State, in order that he might be able to sign
the bill making the appropriation. The trans
Ter was made, and Lincoln Institute became a
State school.
Since then the Legislature has made liberal
appropriations for its maintenance and i'm
provement. 1t is fortunate for the school that
1t has for its head man who, while he makes
use of every opportunity to advance the educa-
tlonal interests of his people, succeeds in doing
it without stirring up bitterness of any
kind between the races political parties.
tom a
gives every indication of SO continuing and
recommend that you make liberal provision
for its support.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
A general diffusion OF knowledge and intel
ngence being essential to the preservation of
the rights ana liberties of the people, the Gen
eral Assembly shall establish and maintain free
pubic schools for the gratuitous instruction
OF all persons in this State between the ages of
SIX and twenty gears ICOnst. Mo. art. XII sec.
IL Such is the ground upon which stands the
beautiful temple of learning that our people are
building in their system of free education The
common district schools constitute the founda-
ton stones OF the whole structure. and unless
they are supplied in sufficient numbers and eX-
actly adapted to the purpose for which they are
intended the building is married and weakened
and the General Assembly fails of one of the
most important duties imposed upon it by the
organic law of our Commonwealth. / believe
that it may be truthfully said that ample pro-
vision has been made for furnishing them in
sufficient number, but that proper caution has
been observed that they shall be exactly adapt
ed to the purpose intended am not sure A
stone may be too large or too small 1t may be
too much numbered with merely decorative work
as well as made too plain for its use. I am in
Slined TO think that many of our workmen,
teachers. are disposed to give too large share
of their time to swelling the apparent size of
the stones they furnish this structure by adding
to the solid rock other material not called for
In the specifications. This if found to be the
case, should be stopped, and they be strictly
limited to what was contemplated in the Origi-
nal design. When we say free public schools
do owls iI-n no nir
without cost to any one. The instruction in
them is given without cost to the pupil, but the
schools are maintained at the enormous cost of
3.N)0,O0Oa year. This money is raised, not by
but by forced contributions. 1t is Il
well-setted principle of good government that
no more money shall be forced from people, in
taxes, direct or indirect, than is necessary to
accomplish the end sought. In this instance it
is the diffusion of that knowledge and inteIli-
the rights ana liberties Of feSt the 0eope
1t rests upon the General Assembly to
determine what that includes and then to
fix both the limits of it with eXactness. urge
this for the safety of the school, and hope you
gentlemen, will give careful attention to this
duty and will take such action as will insure
the greatest degree of usefulness and stability
to our common schools.
You will find some well considered and yalu-
able suggestions on this subject in the current
report of the State Superintendent of Public
Schools.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
No other order of our public institutions ap-
and fostering care as those erected and main
tanned as aSylums for the insane.
Sympathetic humanity should dictate the
extent of our provisions for their care, but in
making such provision we should be guided by
inc same wise principles of economy and care
ful adaptation of means to this end, as should
characterize all other actions. A proper regard
for these principle requires that when one of
these asylums is begun, it should be
upon objection that Of plan nn,1,n Of building
lishes the greatest amount of accommodation
md service for the least amount of cost Then
that plan should be promptly pushed to com
DletiOn, and when finished, building or
set of buildings established. OF course this
new centre of force and consequent centre of
plan may be chosen within lew yards Of the
other or hundred of miles away, Just the cir
cumStaDceS surrounding the caoice NAV deter
mine. That we need additional ASYLUM room
cannot be questioned in face OF the fact that
there are now q large number of insane in the
State outside the aSylums. Impressed with
the notion just stated. have visited each of
our three asylums and have conferred fully
and freely with those in charge of them. Those
Investigations lead me to the following con
illusions:
At Fulton there is now needed extraordinary
appropriations 10 cover these items:
Six octagon projections for lighting and
ventilating hall ..-........SfS,0 GN
Six detached closets and bathrooms. 49,. 18.GM
System of forced ventilation. ......... 3,4N1
Raising roof of halls. observation-disclosures. G.5pO
short halls. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Extension OF main sewer. 2.OO)
Total sol go
With proper and economical exneniit1re of
that sum OF money, that institution will be in
condition TO take care OF 80 more patients with
much better accommodation than it does those
now in it, but they too crowded. With
.hese additions that institution would DC COM
oiete. in my Judgment
With less than that IL is not as economical as
I can readily be made. With more, there
would have to be duplicate of everything, and
hat can be done elsewhere-iust where, it is
lot my province to say
Similar remarks are equally applicable to the
lsylums at ST. Joseph and Nevada. The esti-
mates are:
AT St. Joseph-ltsew boiler and coalhousa five
Jew furnaces and one laundry engine. $1,000:
,h2nge in system of water-closets, $500; al
Grafton in Richmond store-rooms $1,000; fur
lishing new building, 5000: new bakery ana
wen. $500; enlargement OF chapel $1,000; new
furniture for kitchen $1,000; for forced ventila-
ion. 5000: fire alarm and telephone system
Il 900 Total $4,000.
At Neyada-Three additional wings Sill Onn:
steam heating and furnishing new wings. SIS
lo; launary; bakehouse ana barns, Sl2,5O0; ice
house, $3.50; fencing farm and repairing |
houses, $3.50: sidewalks. curbing, guttering
md wells, $500: extending main sewer to
,reck, $500; horses cattle and farming nipple
nents. 5000; 120 acres additional land, s. 900;
,otal, s1G7,Sl1
The gentlemen in charge of this institution
laye made a wise choice of location and have
adopted a most admirable plan for the build
ngs. When completed, as suggested, it will
comprise solid section of excellent land, and
will afford ample and unusually comfortable
md healthful accommodations for 900 patients
1t an outlay Of S367,Sn.
The gentlemen in charge of asylums / and !.
both the boards of managers and the
officers of the Institutions. are executing the
irduous and responsible duties resting upon
hem in a most exemplary manner. 1 hope you,
gentlemen, will heartily sustain them in this
rood work.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
This institution not only teaches that I'M
ortunate portion of our youth who can neither
lear nor talk many things which enable them
% make their intirmity less burdensome to
themselves, bnt also teaches them useful occu-
,ations which enable them. instead of becom-
ng burden and charge on their friends or
country, to become self-sustaining and indie
pendent citizens. The school is in good con-
iition and is doing excellent work. 1t needs an
appropriation for improvements to cover the
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